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		<title>IT Assurance Framework introduced</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ISACA today introduced ITAF: A Professional Practices Framework for IT Assurance targeting the IT Auditing and Assurance professionals. The official release states: ITAFTM consists of compliance and good practice setting guidance: Provides guidance on the design, conduct and reporting of IT audit and assurance assignments Defines terms and concepts specific to IT assurance Establishes standards [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.isaca.org" target="_blank">ISACA</a> today introduced<strong> ITAF: A Professional Practices Framework for IT Assurance </strong>targeting the IT Auditing and Assurance professionals. The official release states:</p>
<blockquote><p>ITAF<sup>TM</sup> consists of compliance and good practice setting guidance:</p>
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<li>Provides guidance on the design, conduct and reporting of IT audit and assurance assignments</li>
<li>Defines terms and concepts specific to IT assurance</li>
<li> Establishes standards that address IT audit and assurance professional roles and responsibilities, knowledge, skills and diligence, conduct, and reporting requirements</li>
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<div id="attachment_46" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px"><a href="http://hatsecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/itaf.gif"><img class="size-full wp-image-46" title="itaf" src="http://hatsecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/itaf.gif" alt="The ITAF Structure" width="500" height="195" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Figure 1: The ITAF Structure</p></div>
<p>More info <a href="http://www.isaca.org/SecureTemplate.cfm?Section=my_isaca&amp;CONTENTID=41069&amp;TEMPLATE=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm" target="_blank">here</a></p>
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